The over-complexity of legal definitions of offences, which are intended to extend punishment to the maximum number of reprehensible acts by giving the definition as wide a scope as possible; The law-enforcement officers responsible for the first steps in the prosecution are already overwhelmed by acts of increasing violence that pose a serious threat to public order in the poorest districts and they are tempted to see immoral acts as being in the nature of things and as something for families to keep an eye on, and to be settled in private or at the community level; nor do they always fully understand the nuances in the definitions of offences or know what action to take first in order to establish the facts, in the light of the nature of the complaint; Well-meaning persons from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), religious communities or traditional groups who are willing to intervene and help families and minors through the formalities come up against a wall of silence, mistrust or downright hostility that discourages them, despite their having the best of intentions: such behaviour is a real obstacle; The slowness of the inquiry and proceedings when a prosecution goes ahead; The attitude and defence resources of guilty parties who manage to avoid being convicted thanks to the complexities of a legal and judicial system taken straight from the law and practice of French courts;
La lentitud de las investigaciones y los procedimientos cuando se inicia un proceso. La actitud y los medios de defensa de los culpables que consiguen eludir a una condena, precisamente gracias a la complejidad de la ley y de una jurisprudencia directamente importada del derecho y la práctica de los tribunales franceses. Un complejo conjunto de hechos sociológicos contribuye a hacer difíciles el estudio, la comprensión y el comportamiento que ha de adoptarse y las soluciones que han de proponerse, ya que los problemas relativos a los atentados contra las buenas costumbres y a las violencias sexuales no se airean en la plaza pública, en el vecindario ni ante las autoridades.